This course introduces the students to the fundamentals of electrical and electronic engineering. It provides the students with an understanding of basic electrical quantities, circuit elements and circuit analysis techniques. It also provides an understanding of the principles and operation of diodes and operational amplifiers. Specific topics include:

• Fundamental electrical quantities (charge, current, voltage) and circuit elements (resistor, capacitor, inductor, voltage and current sources).

• Circuit Analysis Techniques: Kirchhoff's voltage and current laws, Mesh current and Node voltage analysis, Thevenin and Norton Equivalent circuits, Superposition, Maximum power transfer, Wheatstone bridge

• First-order RC and RL Circuits with DC inputs: Time constant, Transient and steady state responses.

• Diodes: Basic diode concepts and diode circuit modes, applications (rectifier and wave shaping circuits), Zener diodes.

• Introduction to Operational Amplifiers: Ideal op-amp, Basic Op-amp configurations, Summing point constraint.

Having successfully completed this course, students should be able to:

• Knowledge base
  
  • Describe the circuit elements and theorems from the first principles.
  • Be comfortable with the tools of mesh/node analysis to systematically solve electrical circuits. 
  • Analyse the time responses of first-order switching circuits (RL and RC). 
  • Explain the operation of basic electronic devices (diode and operational amplifier), theirs uses and limitations. 
• Engineering ability
  • Understand the concept of linear system and superposition in engineering problems. 
  • Apply appropriate mathematical tools for modelling and solving linear system. 
  • Critically analyse the experimental results and understand the limits of theories in real system. 
• Practical skills
  • Simulate simple circuits using computer-aided tool (PSpice). 
  • Be fluent in using electronic equipments (e.g. Oscilloscope and signal generator) for analysing electronic circuits with resistors, capacitors, inductors and diodes.
  • Write a lab report with an appropriate level of detail and insights, for understanding by others not familiar with the lab procedure.
  • Implement and demonstrate a working diode-rectifier circuit using a prototyping boards

Problem Sets (5%) Quizzes (5%) Hardware laboratories (30%) Mid-semester Exam (20%) Final Exam (50%)

Weekly average contact hours will be 5hrs and expected non-contact study hours are 5 hrs including 3 hrs of problem sets

ENGN1221

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Allan R. Hambly, “Electrical Engineering Principles and Applications”, 4th edition, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2008 http://library.anu.edu.au/record=b2273813

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Coursepage http://eng.anu.edu.au/study/currentstudents/courses